Webb, C. J./Sykes, W. R./Garnock-Jones, P. J. (1988) (p. 1254)
"Recently collected apparently wild on the Kaikoura coast, Marlborough, where a few scattered young bushes grew in a depression just behind sand dunes in an area distant from habitations. This is a commonly cultivated sp. in many areas of the country and like many Tamarix spp. can tolerate considerable exposure to salt-laden wind".